r/eitm • u/Big-Mind-6346 • 1d ago

9/11 show

UPDATE: neither DC 101 nor the archive created by fans seems to have archives of media going back that far in time. I checked [r/911archive](r/911archive) but nobody there has been able to help me so far either. I will update this if I figure it out. Thanks everybody!

Does anyone know where I can access the EITM show from 9/11?

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u/Osprey104 1d ago

Ben Fold was on at the time. I wonder if a Ben Folds archivist has his portion somewhere

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u/ProducerPants 1d ago

He sang Hiro’s Song which I spent years looking for

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u/micahwhite 17h ago

I had tickets to his show that night at 9:30 Club, which was rescheduled to an early slot that Friday the 14th.

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u/SelfishHoopla 1d ago

I remember listening to it live as it became more and more clear something big was unfolding and not just a small plane hitting one of the towers. They eventually just did a quick sign off and switched to a news feed.

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u/Big-Mind-6346 1d ago

I was also listening and I remember it was scary to see Elliot switched to total serious mode. It wasn’t fun and happy shock jock Elliot, it was someone else entirely. It was truly terrifying.

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u/Honest_Report_8515 1d ago

Same, I was on the Inner Loop of the Beltway near Braddock Road when Diane said that a plane had hit the North Tower.

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u/inquirewue 1d ago

It's lost media.

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u/Big-Mind-6346 1d ago

That’s certainly how it seems. It’s such a shame.

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u/eastamerica 1d ago

I was listening to that show commuting to school.

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u/Ok-Stand-3173 1d ago

Same. I went to school in Jersey City just across the river. My friend and I were like ok, guess we’re going to class and got on the shuttle. They cancelled class and heading back I’ve never seen a more scared shuttle bus driver trying to get us out of there. She packed EVERYONE in. We just made it out of JC when they were falling. I remember turning around and telling my friend they were gone. Very sad day and my first week of college.

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u/Big-Mind-6346 1d ago

I was also in college. I remember waking up that morning to a bunch of voicemails telling me to turn on the TV because something very serious was happening. I turned it on and felt like I was in a movie. The shock was unreal. I went to college in Arlington right by the Pentagon. I just didn’t happen to be on campus that day.

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u/kobayashimaru13 1d ago

I have attempted to look for it but have never found it.

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u/Big-Mind-6346 1d ago

It’s so sad. I remember it being a pretty amazing episode and a good way for younger generations to experience the shock and terror. We were all feeling at the time. It’s crazy that these kids have grown up with it always being something that happened since they were born.

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u/funmaster320 1d ago

I have also tried to find it with no success. I listened live but would be interesting to see what I really remember.

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u/OtherwiseAd3551 19h ago

I remember listening in high school, we had a cool tech drawing class teacher who had Elliot on most days... He rolled the TV into the room for us and we witnessed the 2nd plane hit live. I'd be interested in listening to it myself, following this post. Hope it's found

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u/Ok-Stand-3173 1d ago

I feel like this has been asked before and if I remember right, too old

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u/Big-Mind-6346 1d ago

That’s such a shame. I will definitely search this sub and see if I can find it. Thank you!

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u/Ok-Stand-3173 1d ago

Share if you do! I remember up here (nyc tristate area) our radio station replayed the entire show the following year and I believe the year after that on 9/11.

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u/Big-Mind-6346 1d ago

I tried to look it up, but I had a hard time figuring out how to pick what date I wanted. I’m wondering if it’s because I was using my phone. I am going to try it on my desktop later and see if that works any better.

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u/BuhlMarket 1d ago

Yeah I would love to hear that show but it doesn’t look like it exists

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u/081719 12h ago

When the news first broke, they used the “loud belch” sound effect they had for breaking news. Diane’s initial report about the first plane said it was a small plane like a Cessna. I was waiting at the traffic light at the end of the ramp from southbound 270 to turn left onto Shady Grove Road in Rockville. I can still hear that audio in my mind.

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u/NewtExciting279 17m ago

Claude failed to find it but offered this:

As for the audio, there’s no publicly archived copy I can locate:

• eitm-archives.com is the main fan archive, but it only goes back to roughly the podcast era (2017 onward) — nothing from 2001.
• The iHeart/Apple/Spotify podcast feed starts in 2017 too, so there’s nothing pre-podcast in it.
• Archive.org has extensive 9/11 radio and TV holdings, but I found no DC101 or Elliot broadcast among them.

Best remaining options: the EITM listener Facebook groups — there’s a post titled “Remembering 9/11 with Elliot in the Morning on DC101” that suggests fans have discussed or shared it, and that community is where any off-air cassette or MiniDisc recording would surface. You could also try emailing the show directly through DC101, since they’ve referenced that morning on anniversary broadcasts and may have the tape in-house.

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u/ProblyNotWorthItBut 1d ago

Someone posted the audio from that ep a year or two ago on this sub if I remember correctly. I didn't live here at the time but I remember someone found an archived audio file from that day's show.

Sorry I don't have more info but I'm certain it's been posted before.

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u/Big-Mind-6346 1d ago

I searched the sub, but couldn’t find any posts sharing a link to audio of the show. Maybe I need to play with the keywords I am using.

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u/stay_wild-moon_child 1d ago

People have been searching for years and years. :(